Tanie Kitabayashi
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Tanie Kitabayashi (北林谷栄, Kitabayashi Tanie, May 21, 1911 – April 27, 2010) was a Japanese actress and voice actress. Born Reiko Ando in Tokyo, she began as a stage actress. Early in her career, she became well known for portraying older women. Kitabayashi was a founding member of the famed Mingei Theatre, founded in 1950. In 1960, she won best actress awards at the 10th Blue Ribbon Awards and at the Mainichi Film Awards for Kiku to Isamu. She also won the Japan Academy Prize for best actress in Rainbow Kids (1991), a film that also earned her honors from the Mainichi Film Awards and from Kinema Junpo. She died on April 27, 2010, of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital. She was 98.
Known for
Credits
My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
as Granny (voice)
The Insect Woman (1963)
as Madam
White Snake Enchantment (1983)
as Tane
The Burmese Harp (1956)
Actor
Scandal (1950)
as Yasu Hiruta
Proof of the Man (1977)
Actor
Letter from the Mountain (2002)
as Oume
Intentions of Murder (1964)
as Kinu Takahashi
Amagi Pass (1983)
as Tea house's old woman
Odd Obsession (1959)
as Hana
Stakeout (1958)
Actor
Love: Starting on a Journey (1985)
Actor
Rikyu (1989)
as Mother
Never Give Up (1978)
as Kiyo Matsushita
Conflagration (1958)
as Aki, Goichi's mother
Darkness at Noon (1956)
as Satoe Miyazaki
Station (1981)
as Masayo Mikami
Suspicion (1982)
as Harue Shirakawa
The Sun's Burial (1960)
as Chika
Wrath of Daimajin (1966)
as Old Woman Kane
The Sands of Kurobe (1968)
Actor
Buddha (1961)
as Sumi
Yomigaeri (2003)
as Saki Naito
Twilight of the Cockroaches (1987)
as Torah (voice)
Children of Hiroshima (1952)
as Otoyo
Beyond the Green Hills (1963)
as Shiraki, Teacher
The Incident (1978)
as Kane Shinozaki
A Woman Called En (1971)
Actor
A Japanese Tragedy (1953)
as Ichizo's wife
My Second Brother (1959)
Actor
Call from Darkness (1981)
as Sukeno
White Beast (1950)
Actor
Bad Girl (1963)
Actor
Writhing Tongue (1980)
as Akira's mother
How Sorrowful (1956)
Actor
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land (1953)
as Ohana
The Start of Life (1965)
as Tomi Ishiguro
The Third Will (1963)
as Kimie
Bonchi (1960)
Actor
Foundry Town (1962)
as Ume
Tale of Japanese Burglars (1965)
as Hayashida's mother
The Human Bullet (1968)
Actor
Gazing at Love and Death (1964)
Actor
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu (1953)
Actor
The Sea of Eden (1976)
Actor
Only on Mondays (1964)
as Yuka's mother
My Voiceless Friends (1972)
Actor
The Long Death (1964)
Actor
The Human Wall (1959)
Actor
Policeman's Diary, Part 2 (1955)
Actor
Nomugi Pass (1979)
Actor
The Burmese Harp (1985)
as Old Woman
The Heart (1955)
as Hioki's mother
Learn from Experience, Part Two (1937)
Actor
A Story from Echigo (1964)
Actor
Actress (1956)
Actor
A Billionaire (1954)
Actor
Thousand Cranes (1969)
as Toyo
The Three Undelivered Letters (1979)
Actor
A Windmill, Tulips and Love (1966)
Actor
A Good Man, A Good Day (1961)
Actor
Slave Factory (1968)
Actor
The Wolves (1955)
Actor
The Greatest Challenge of All (1967)
Actor
Hole in One (1957)
as Suga Akabane
Miniature (1953)
Actor
A Chain of Islands (1965)
as Kikuko Sasaki
River Without a Bridge Part 2 (1970)
Actor
The Street Without Sun (1954)
as Aunt of Matsutaro
Tomoshibi (1954)
Actor
Marriageable Age (1961)
Actor
The Bitch (1951)
as Tami
Chance Meeting (1958)
as Tetsu Koyanagi
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan (1959)
as Grandma Shigeko
Song of Love (1967)
as Orin
The Maid's Kid (1955)
Actor
The Valley Between Love and Death (1954)
as Tetsu Ishida
Price of Life (1971)
as Tome
Kobayashi Takiji (1974)
Actor
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom (1950)
Actor
Ghost Story of Youth (1955)
as Nanny at Okumura's
A Hole of My Own Making (1955)
Actor
The Possessed (1976)
Actor
Our Town (1956)
as Otaka
The Grave Tells All (1960)
Actor
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete (1952)
as Fusako Kawai
Love is Lost (1956)
as Nobuyo
Welcome, My Baby (1964)
as Yuki Nishizaka
Patience Has An End (1971)
Actor
Blood and Sea (1965)
Actor
Children of Izu (1962)
Actor
Terror in the Streets (1970)
as Shino
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil (1950)
Actor
Beauty and the Thief (1952)
as Mrs. Inokuma
Dangerous Women (1985)
as Mrs. Kinumura
Gassan (1979)
Actor
All My Children (1963)
as Fusakichi's mother
But the Flesh is Weak (1957)
as Doctor
The Final Winner? (1968)
Actor
Heat Wave Island (1969)
Actor
The Motherless (1955)
Actor
Our Teacher (1983)
Actor
Farewell to Spring (1952)
as Old woman
River Without a Bridge (1969)
Actor
Nippon no obaachan (1962)
as Kumi
Rainbow Kids (1991)
as Mrs. Toshiko 'Toji' Yanagawa
Apart from Life (1970)
as Matsuko Fukuji
The Shadow of Fear (1956)
Actor
Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here (1972)
Actor
Blind Devotion (1961)
as Saoko
Haze of Love (1985)
Actor
Sisters (1955)
Actor
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum (1966)
Actor
The Young and Bad (1962)
Actor
Become a Mother, Become a Woman (1952)
as Hide
The Dawn of Judo (1955)
Actor
Victory or Defeat (1954)
Actor
Ashita au hito (1962)
Actor
Red Bud and White Flower (1962)
Actor
Oh, My Comrade! (1970)
as Harumi
Musume no boken (1958)
Actor
Summer Storm (1956)
as Mitsu Asai
Shokei zen'ya (1961)
Actor
Shiawase wa doko ni (1956)
as Kane
Daybreak Chorus (1963)
as Old Woman
男の哀愁 (1951)
Actor
Journey to the North (1967)
as Hana Kanai
The Little Hero (1970)
Actor
Tora-san's Song of Love (1983)
Actor
Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 3 - The Mysterious Haunted Mansion (1971)
Actor
Ningen Gari (1962)
Actor
Jūdai no yūwaku (1953)
Actor
Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to (1952)
as Aunt Otora
Enraptured (1961)
Actor
でかんしょ風来坊 (1961)
Actor
限りなき情熱 (1951)
Actor
Koibito (1951)
as Mrs. Saeki
Before Dawn (1953)
as Ofuki
Jigoku no hatoba (1956)
Actor
Umarekawatta Tamegorō (1972)
as Uma Ōnuma
Yokubo (1953)
Actor
The Wild Daisy (1977)
as Tamiko's Grandmother
Asu no hanayome (1962)
Actor
Saigo no sentō-ki (1956)
Actor
Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte (1972)
as Moko's mother
小父さんありがとう (1961)
Actor
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu (1952)
Actor
Yakuza sensei (1960)
Actor
Kanebo Human Special: Pediatric Ward - Her devoted love saved Taro's soul (1980)
Actor
Yamada Village Waltz (1988)
Actor
Dolls floating down the river (1962)
as Fuku
Paper Pigeon (1959)
as Yuki Kashiwabara
Koga Manshion (1949)
Actor
The Last Lady (1967)
as Tsuru
Hana no unga (1956)
Actor
Omoni to shounen (1958)
Actor
Youth (1955)
Actor
Pure Land, Poisoned Sea (1970)
as Goze / Narrator (voice)